Polymixis serpentina

Polymixis serpentina
Subspecies serpentina Male
Subspecies serpentina Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Polymixis
Species: P. serpentina
Binomial name
Polymixis serpentina
(Treitschke, 1825)[1]
Synonyms
  • Miselia serpentina Treitschke, 1825

Polymixis serpentina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Crete.[2]

Subspecies minoica Male
Subspecies minoica Female

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from October to November.[3]

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants.[4]

Subspecies

Polymixis iatnana was formerly treated as a subspecies Polymixis serpentina.

References

  1. ↑ Taxonomic overview of Polymixis serpentina (Treitschke, 1825) species-group, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe


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